Deck 4: Leadership

Question 1

The power that demonstrates the ability of a group worker to facilitate the work of the group is called __________.

A) Legitimate power
B) Reference power
C) Reward power
D) Expert power

Answer 1

D

Question 2

In the psychoanalytic tradition, projection of feelings onto members by the leader is called:

A) Transference
B) Thanatos
C) Countertransference
D) Analysis

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Benefits of co-leadership do not include

A) Leaders have a source of support
B) Leaders have a source of feedback
C) Group members are provided with models
D) Leaders can talk about what they don't like about the group

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The power that enables a group worker to sanction, punish, or deny access to resources and privileges is called:

A) Connection power
B) Expert power
C) Coercive power
D) Legitimate power

Question 5

Action skills do not include
A) Directing

A) Reframing and redefining
B) Clarifying content
B)Linking members' communications

Question 6

Learning to become a group leader usually does not include

A) Critiquing a group's process
B) Leading laboratory groups that are video or audio taped
C) Going with a leader to observe a group
D) Coleading a group

Question 7

Three classical leadership styles do not include

A) Authoritarian
B) Democratic
C) Laissez-faire
D) Reciprocal

Question 8

The use of verbal and physical instructions to help members reproduce a particular response is called:

A) Role playing
B) Group thought
C) Coaching
D) Modeling

Question 9

Skills that are characterized by nonverbal behaviors, such as eye contact and body position, and by verbal behaviors that convey empathy, respect, warmth, genuineness, and honesty are called __________ skills.

A) Focusing skills
B) Attending skills
C) Responding skills
D) Expressive skills

Question 10

During times of group disagreement, __________ skills help workers keep meetings within specified bounds so that conflict is avoided.

A) Negotiating
B) Mediating
C) Moderating
D) All of the above

Question 11

Data gathering and assessment skills do not include
A) Focusing group communication

A) Identifying and describing thoughts, feelings and behaviors
B) Summarizing and partializing information
C) Analyzing information

Question 12

Pointing out the here-and-now of group interaction and helping the members to be aware of that interaction is called __________.

A) Making group process explicit
B) Responding
C) Attending
D) Clarifying content

Question 13

Facilitating group process skills do not include

A) Involving group members
B) Attending to others
C) Clarifying content
D) Supporting

Question 14

When two or more group members are in conflict and action is necessary to help them reach an agreement and resolve the dispute, the worker may use __________ skills.

A) Arbitration
B) Mediating
C) Moderating
D) All of the above

Question 15

__________ refers to having group members' act out a situation with each other's help.

A) Rehearsing
B) Role playing
C) Modeling
D) Coaching

Question 16

Disadvantages of co-leadership do not include

A) Expense of co-leadership
B) The need to coordinate planning
C) Conflict between group leaders
D) The training of new group leaders

Question 17

Methods for sharing power do not include

A) Encouraging member-to-member communication
B) Encouraging mutual aid
C) Having a co-leader
D) Model and teach group leadership skills

Question 18

__________ skills are used to help members come to an agreement or understanding when initial opinions differ.

A) Moderating
B) Negotiating
C) Arbitration
D) Mediating

Question 19

__________ refers to the worker or a member demonstrating behaviors in a particular situation so that others in the group can observe what to do and how to do it.

A) Role playing
B) Rehearsing
C) Coaching
D) Modeling

Question 20

Issues to talk over with a co-leader do not include

A) Your strengths and weaknesses as a leader
B) Your family background
C) Your beliefs about how people change
D) Your expectations for group accomplishments

Question 21

The beginning group workers should not usually consider

A) Their comfort with different leadership situations
B) Their beliefs about structure
C) How much time to spend in educating members about change strategies
D) How members achieve change

Question 22

Observe or lead a co-led group. Describe how effective the co-leaders were in leading the group, what were their strengths and weaknesses, and how co-leadership could be improved.

Question 23

Compare your leadership style with that of a classmate by using both your responses to Figures 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, and 4-7. How would the similarities and differences in your leadership styles affect your ability to co-lead a group? How would you work together to overcome differences in leadership styles before co-leading a group?

Question 24

Pick one skill from each of the three columns in Table 4.1 that you have used in leading a group. Write about how effective each of the three skills were when used in the group, and how each of the skills could have been used in other places during the group's meeting.

Question 25

In the interactional model of group leadership, environmental considerations do not include

A) The physical setting
B) The dress of group members
C) The agency or organization sponsoring the groups
D) Social systems and the social environment

Question 26

Observe two leaders. Using Table 4-1, describe the leaders' use of facilitating, data gathering, and action skills. Compare and contrast the skillfulness of each leader.

Question 27

Gender

A) Plays an important role in emerging leadership
B) Plays no role in emerging leadership
C) Is an important focus of interactional leadership
D) Can affect emerging leadership in some types of groups

Question 28

Complete the inventories shown in Figures 4-4, 4-5, and 4-6. Prepare a written description of what you learn about your leadership style.

Question 29

In the interactional leadership model considerations about the group as a whole do not include

A) Size and physical arrangements
B) Time limits
C) Group dynamics
D) Transportation

Question 30

When leading groups, leaders should

A) Encourage indigenous leadership
B) Discourage indigenous leadership
C) Learn leadership skills
D) Advocate for their attributed power